The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1887-11-03

The Weldon Fair catches many of our
citizens this week.
a live paper makes live town, and live
business men make a live paper. The GOLD
LEAF is all illustration of the trIthfulness
Of this. -
What say you about organizing a mill
tary com pany in Henderson? Certainly our
town ought not to I've behind others i'll this ,
respect.
The manufacture of smoking tobacco is !
a profitable business. Wonder why some |
parties do Tot engage in the |
business here? Henderson offers superior
for such enterprises.
Henderson is not on a boom, but its !
growth is steady and satisfactory. There
is something solid and substantial at the
bottom of il. Booms are good things, it is
true, bat boomerangs sometimes rebound
and knock things sky-winding.
Barretts circus is billed for Raleigh on
the 18th inst 1t will give Henderson the go
by Our people have pleasant recollections
Of Col. Barrett'S show, one Of the best that
has ever been South, and il it will not come
to US, tits reasonable to say that many will
60 to tin Raleigh.
We notice that the herd of Jersey cattle
belonging to Mr. N. g. Rowe of Fredericks-
burg, Va, won the prize offered by the
American Jersey Cattle Club at the State
Fair at Richmond last week. Quite num-
Der OF members of this herd are owned in
and around Henderson. By he way, what
about our proposed cattle STOW? Can we
not have such thing in connection with
tobacco fair next spring?
The Richmond Wing says the North caro-
lima troops attracted special attention in
the parade in that city incident to the lay
ing of the corner stone of the Lee Monu-
ment Thursday. Our townsman Mr.. w.
E. Gary tells us that the EdgecOmbe
Guards especially made an excellent show.
t This is fine body of men, hard to beat
anywhere for gallantry Or good looks.
I The GOLD LEAF knows whereof it speaks.
| Mr.. W. T. Dement, one of our Kittrell
subscribers who came in yesterday to pay
I'D his subscription to the GOLD LEAF and
renew, tells US that the very heavy rains
! caused the dam at Mr.. Frank Gill's mill
in Franklin county to wash away Monday
night This will not disable the mill.
however, as Mr.. Gill had recently put up
an engine to drive the machinery consist
ing of saw, corn and wheat mill and cotton
gin.
The people of Henderson, n. c., propose
,f,,r Ut tNa
GoLD LEAF, with a power press. His
laborS for the town certainly deserve SUB
stantial recognitiou.-Orange, Va. 10
Serger.
We thank you, Brother Robinson, for
your kind reference, but you are little too
previous. However, it is the present cal
culation of this writer to operate with a
power press another year-if he continues
in the newspaper business.
Our Ringwood correspondent sc. E. NJ. "
under date of October 26th, says: Let
me extend congratulations to J. A. Lewis,
q clever young man from this place, now
with Messrs A. Lands & Sons, Of Oxford
who is to be married to-day. May he have
much of joy and prosperity. He is surely
derserving of all success" The COLE
!
all its correspondent says of him. He wa:
married last Wednesday to Miss Laura
Fullerton of Granville county.
Weldon Fair this week, Tarboro next
and the Rocky Mount Fair the week fol-
lowing. Let us hope these may be blessed
with better weather than the State Fair
the Go1dsboro Fair and the Elizabeth Citl
| no nd Rai r
Cumberland Fair, the Richmond Fair
the Franklin (Va.) Fair, and the Coloret
Industrial Association Fair at Raleigh
all of which were seriously interfere,
' with by the rains. The fair weather ha
. been decidedly foul this year.
;. Barnes, Stainback & Co., want everybod
t to know that they are giving parti eular al
s tention to their clothing trade and want t
: double their sales in that department
With this end in view. they have place
= on sale a very large stock Of all grades c
O suits, overcoats and pants at prices tina
n are bound to make them 60 lively. II yo
+ want big values in new and stylish good
/ for your money don't fail to see the specia
r bargains at Barnes, Stainback & Cos
-s %aDS%--
HYMENEAL Our popular and highl
J. esteemed young friend Mr.. Thos J. Mitcl
n ell, junior member of the successful me
d camille firm of Copper g. Mitchell, left tow
IL very quietly Monday morning of last weeI
st when it was soon whispered about that
IF had gone off to get married. What O.
20 Cured 10 the pleasant little town of Sail
bury at O'Clock Tuesday evening, Octob'
ST 18th, proved that the suspicious of h
&c friends were we'll grounded. At the res
!" dence of the brides mother, at the tin
~ aud place above stated, Mr.. Mitche
e. was happily married to Miss Sallie \
n Scales, young lady of high intellectu
attainments, charming and agreeable